Case study of an approved corrective action integrating active remediation with intrinsic remediation
- Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., Denver, CO (United States)
Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., performed UST removals and/or site assessments at UST system locations at a former US Air Force Base (AFB) in Denver, Colorado. Four UST systems, incorporating 17 USTs, were located within the petroleum, oils, and lubricants bulk storage yard (POL Yard) of the former AFB. During the tank removals and subsequent site investigations, petroleum hydrocarbon contamination was found in soils at each site. Significant releases from two of the UST systems resulted in a dissolved benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) plume in the groundwater, and smear-zone contamination of soils beneath the majority of the POL Yard. Because of the close proximity of the UST systems, and the presence of the groundwater plume beneath the POL Yard, a corrective action plan (CAP) was prepared that encompassed all four UST systems. An innovative, risk-based CAP integrated active remediation of petroleum-contaminated soils with intrinsic remediation of groundwater. A natural attenuation evaluation for the dissolved BTEX was performed to demonstrate that natural attenuation processes are providing adequate remediation of groundwater and to predict the fate of the groundwater plume. BTEX concentrations versus distance were regressed to obtain attenuation rates, which were then used to calculate BTEX degradation rates using a one-dimensional, steady-state analytical solution. Additionally, electron acceptor concentrations in groundwater were compared to BTEX concentrations to provide evidence that natural attenuation of BTEX compounds was occurring. The natural attenuation evaluation was used in the CAP to support the intrinsic remediation with long-term monitoring alternative for groundwater, thereby avoiding the installation of an expensive groundwater remediation system.
- OSTI ID:
- 398109
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960393-; TRN: 96:029971
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. annual West Coast conference on contaminated soils and groundwater, Newport Beach, CA (United States), 11-14 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The sixth West Coast conference on contaminated soils and groundwater: Analysis, fate, environmental and public health effects, and remediation. Part 2; PB: 226 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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